diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/CMakeLists.txt b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/CMakeLists.txt
index 0aa15c87..72465c75 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ add_library(webAPI
 	json.hpp
 	webAPIHeartbeat.h
 	webAPIHeartbeat.cpp
+	${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 include_directories(
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
index 6b7c87c0..da2b0df0 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Version: 1.6
+ * Version: 1.7
  *
  * This code is just a simple wrapper around nlohmann's wonderful json lib
  * (https://github.com/nlohmann/json) and libcurl. While originally included directly,
@@ -26,57 +26,6 @@ webAPI::~webAPI() {
     this->responseData.clear();
 }
 
-CURLcode* webAPI::sslctx_function(CURL *curl, void *sslctx, void *parm) {
-    X509_STORE *store;
-    X509 *cert = NULL;
-    BIO *bio;
-    char *mypem = /* this is the cloudflare self signed for stellabellum.net, good for 30 years */
-            "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"\
-            "MIIEojCCA4qgAwIBAgIUJ88p38SKi9SeyVOF0AQne1O6Vs4wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL\n"\
-            "BQAwgYsxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDbG91ZEZsYXJlLCBJbmMuMTQw\n"\
-            "MgYDVQQLEytDbG91ZEZsYXJlIE9yaWdpbiBTU0wgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUgQXV0aG9y\n"\
-            "aXR5MRYwFAYDVQQHEw1TYW4gRnJhbmNpc2NvMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlh\n"\
-            "MB4XDTE2MTIzMTA1MDcwMFoXDTMxMTIyODA1MDcwMFowYjEZMBcGA1UEChMQQ2xv\n"\
-            "dWRGbGFyZSwgSW5jLjEdMBsGA1UECxMUQ2xvdWRGbGFyZSBPcmlnaW4gQ0ExJjAk\n"\
-            "BgNVBAMTHUNsb3VkRmxhcmUgT3JpZ2luIENlcnRpZmljYXRlMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG\n"\
-            "9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwv0X8DT+AvVAWeLZvBZ+uQXFA5SEmY3w47uT\n"\
-            "cwR/KCIrty7JLlswDv7iGV4f58vDAcNZq3Rs85eBY2kEatYZUBEFw+FhQDw76R9r\n"\
-            "ZRj/gRfKyjkoHmmJ9ItP6YEIGHW5GGvSsB0PqV52pAESfIc4ABSUQVghLCmXCHPv\n"\
-            "vMQjnTgAxgRQ0tvy52At9E39qClk+4uofMHzwk4bOKRUA9aLHLdZJQDEKR7EdZY1\n"\
-            "qPIh3Rkari0aTVBf+0mnXQJ0xnIvVPc+GPYVotQ0tutISUtVPzpia0PmmbhHN4uE\n"\
-            "ZVS53gOjgPz1dT/yivrsKw5i0vBqRcwMZ4dU+yfAL4uibJqwOwIDAQABo4IBJDCC\n"\
-            "ASAwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgWgMBMGA1UdJQQMMAoGCCsGAQUFBwMBMAwGA1UdEwEB\n"\
-            "/wQCMAAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFCjf0EvN/w5pDVLXf4dk4yfU5A02MB8GA1UdIwQYMBaA\n"\
-            "FCToU1ddfDRAh6nrlNu64RZ4/CmkMEAGCCsGAQUFBwEBBDQwMjAwBggrBgEFBQcw\n"\
-            "AYYkaHR0cDovL29jc3AuY2xvdWRmbGFyZS5jb20vb3JpZ2luX2NhMC8GA1UdEQQo\n"\
-            "MCaCEiouc3RlbGxhYmVsbHVtLm5ldIIQc3RlbGxhYmVsbHVtLm5ldDA4BgNVHR8E\n"\
-            "MTAvMC2gK6AphidodHRwOi8vY3JsLmNsb3VkZmxhcmUuY29tL29yaWdpbl9jYS5j\n"\
-            "cmwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAGXNQW26rnr4k+2hfOxkuGGMXBuYAzLcCwbg\n"\
-            "H5KRH3HoJg1FmkjGC07nptDk2EAkqp6DphwTangyw0oREEIU/l2k8AvkX0WVFXdx\n"\
-            "FnVWq5IenZF8dX0m9oQyH/CsF89dkvU+zksP4wzJAMvGiB8Tmc8bKWmIfBnusj3D\n"\
-            "npbKvZL2ch+hwY4SZspJLoKJ4iz5wWSHihwNYxm+KGsJpt2moV15gAuObmDg7nu6\n"\
-            "owOLXtbf62tQOXnXee2peBN1JX/mCHKUSL1mu+wJXjitBEgXJRGSnZl4IGv/m8Q5\n"\
-            "KDeA44tJg2f/le+MertWN/+aTYhK8exu4v/7SaEJHNCwbXCJICg=\n"\
-            "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n";
-
-    bio = BIO_new_mem_buf(mypem, -1);
-    PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, &cert, 0, NULL);
-    if (cert == NULL) {
-        printf("PEM_read_bio_X509 failed...\n");
-    }
-
-    store = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store((SSL_CTX *) sslctx);
-
-    if (X509_STORE_add_cert(store, cert) == 0) {
-        printf("error adding certificate\n");
-    }
-
-    X509_free(cert);
-    BIO_free(bio);
-
-    return CURLE_OK;
-}
-
 bool webAPI::setEndpoint(const std::string endpoint) {
     this->uri = endpoint;
 
@@ -174,9 +123,9 @@ bool webAPI::fetch(const int &getPost, const int &mimeType) // 0 for json 1 for
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist);
 
             if (this->uri.find("login.stellabellum.net") != std::string::npos) {
-                curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, "PEM");
-                curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
-                curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, this->sslctx_function);
+                curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, "PEM");
+                curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
+                curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, *webAPI::sslctx_function);
             }
 
             switch (getPost) {
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
index 3dd415cd..16a109f9 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPI.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Version: 1.6
+ * Version: 1.7
  *
  * This code is just a simple wrapper around nlohmann's wonderful json lib
  * (https://github.com/nlohmann/json) and libcurl. While originally included directly,
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ namespace StellaBellum {
 
         ~webAPI();
 
-        // pin our key
-        CURLcode* sslctx_function(CURL *curl, void *sslctx, void *parm);
-
         // submits the request
         bool
         submit(const int &reqType = DTYPE::JSON, const int &getPost = HTTP::POST, const int &respType = DTYPE::JSON);
@@ -118,6 +115,57 @@ namespace StellaBellum {
         // json processor - string to json
         bool processJSON();
 
+	inline static CURLcode sslctx_function(CURL *curl, void *sslctx, void *parm) {
+    X509_STORE *store;
+    X509 *cert = NULL;
+    BIO *bio;
+    char *mypem = /* this is the cloudflare self signed for stellabellum.net, good for 30 years */
+            "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"\
+            "MIIEojCCA4qgAwIBAgIUJ88p38SKi9SeyVOF0AQne1O6Vs4wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL\n"\
+            "BQAwgYsxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlVTMRkwFwYDVQQKExBDbG91ZEZsYXJlLCBJbmMuMTQw\n"\
+            "MgYDVQQLEytDbG91ZEZsYXJlIE9yaWdpbiBTU0wgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGUgQXV0aG9y\n"\
+            "aXR5MRYwFAYDVQQHEw1TYW4gRnJhbmNpc2NvMRMwEQYDVQQIEwpDYWxpZm9ybmlh\n"\
+            "MB4XDTE2MTIzMTA1MDcwMFoXDTMxMTIyODA1MDcwMFowYjEZMBcGA1UEChMQQ2xv\n"\
+            "dWRGbGFyZSwgSW5jLjEdMBsGA1UECxMUQ2xvdWRGbGFyZSBPcmlnaW4gQ0ExJjAk\n"\
+            "BgNVBAMTHUNsb3VkRmxhcmUgT3JpZ2luIENlcnRpZmljYXRlMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG\n"\
+            "9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwv0X8DT+AvVAWeLZvBZ+uQXFA5SEmY3w47uT\n"\
+            "cwR/KCIrty7JLlswDv7iGV4f58vDAcNZq3Rs85eBY2kEatYZUBEFw+FhQDw76R9r\n"\
+            "ZRj/gRfKyjkoHmmJ9ItP6YEIGHW5GGvSsB0PqV52pAESfIc4ABSUQVghLCmXCHPv\n"\
+            "vMQjnTgAxgRQ0tvy52At9E39qClk+4uofMHzwk4bOKRUA9aLHLdZJQDEKR7EdZY1\n"\
+            "qPIh3Rkari0aTVBf+0mnXQJ0xnIvVPc+GPYVotQ0tutISUtVPzpia0PmmbhHN4uE\n"\
+            "ZVS53gOjgPz1dT/yivrsKw5i0vBqRcwMZ4dU+yfAL4uibJqwOwIDAQABo4IBJDCC\n"\
+            "ASAwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgWgMBMGA1UdJQQMMAoGCCsGAQUFBwMBMAwGA1UdEwEB\n"\
+            "/wQCMAAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFCjf0EvN/w5pDVLXf4dk4yfU5A02MB8GA1UdIwQYMBaA\n"\
+            "FCToU1ddfDRAh6nrlNu64RZ4/CmkMEAGCCsGAQUFBwEBBDQwMjAwBggrBgEFBQcw\n"\
+            "AYYkaHR0cDovL29jc3AuY2xvdWRmbGFyZS5jb20vb3JpZ2luX2NhMC8GA1UdEQQo\n"\
+            "MCaCEiouc3RlbGxhYmVsbHVtLm5ldIIQc3RlbGxhYmVsbHVtLm5ldDA4BgNVHR8E\n"\
+            "MTAvMC2gK6AphidodHRwOi8vY3JsLmNsb3VkZmxhcmUuY29tL29yaWdpbl9jYS5j\n"\
+            "cmwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBAGXNQW26rnr4k+2hfOxkuGGMXBuYAzLcCwbg\n"\
+            "H5KRH3HoJg1FmkjGC07nptDk2EAkqp6DphwTangyw0oREEIU/l2k8AvkX0WVFXdx\n"\
+            "FnVWq5IenZF8dX0m9oQyH/CsF89dkvU+zksP4wzJAMvGiB8Tmc8bKWmIfBnusj3D\n"\
+            "npbKvZL2ch+hwY4SZspJLoKJ4iz5wWSHihwNYxm+KGsJpt2moV15gAuObmDg7nu6\n"\
+            "owOLXtbf62tQOXnXee2peBN1JX/mCHKUSL1mu+wJXjitBEgXJRGSnZl4IGv/m8Q5\n"\
+            "KDeA44tJg2f/le+MertWN/+aTYhK8exu4v/7SaEJHNCwbXCJICg=\n"\
+            "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n";
+
+    bio = BIO_new_mem_buf(mypem, -1);
+    PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, &cert, 0, NULL);
+    if (cert == NULL) {
+        printf("PEM_read_bio_X509 failed...\n");
+    }
+
+    store = SSL_CTX_get_cert_store((SSL_CTX *) sslctx);
+
+    if (X509_STORE_add_cert(store, cert) == 0) {
+        printf("error adding certificate\n");
+    }
+
+    X509_free(cert);
+    BIO_free(bio);
+
+    return CURLE_OK;
+}			 
+
     protected:
         // http response code (200, 404, etc)
         long statusCode;